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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 273, Issue 2, Pages 140-148Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00760.x
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astaxanthin; carotenoids; Sphingomonadaceae; Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens
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A red-pigmented, Gram-negative, motile, strictly aerobic, mesophilic, oval- or short rod-shaped bacterium (TDMA-17 was isolated from fresh water collected at Misasa, a radioactive site in Japan. TDMA-17(T) was slightly tolerant against gamma-ray irradiation, and effectively produced carotenoids (2.8 mg g(-1) dry cells) including, astaxanthin and astaxanthin isomers. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences placed TDMA-17(T) in a distinct lineage in the family Sphingomonadaceae, and the highest degree of sequence similarity determined were to Sphingomonas aerolata NW12(T) (94.5%), Sphingomonas aurantiaca MA101b(T) (94.0%), Sphingomonas melonis DAPP-PG 224(T) (94.0%), Sphingomonas asaccharolytica IFO 15499(T) (93.9%) and Sphingomonas abaci C42(T) (93.9%). The major fatty acids were C17:1 omega 6c (33.0%) and C18:1 omega 7c (20.8%). The DNA G+C content was 67.7mol%. The presence of Q-10 as the main ubiquinone, the presence of Sphingomonadaceae-specific sphingoglycolipid in the polar lipid profiles, the presence of 2-hydroxy fatty acids and the absence of 3-hydroxy fatty acids supported the identification of this strain as a member of the genus Sphingomonas sensu stricto. Phylogenetic distinctiveness and unique phenotypic characteristics differentiated strain TDMA-17(T) from the closely related Sphingomonas species. The results of polyphasic taxonomic analyses suggested that TDMA-17(T) represents a novel Sphingomonas species, for which the name Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is TDMA-17(T) (=NBRC 102146 = CCUG 53608).
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